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Violence
Some
Nazi occupation violence; an assassination plot; some deaths
Language
Barely any
Mild language
Sexual Content
Some
Adult romantic relationship; nothing explicit
Substance Use
None
No substance use
Emotional Intensity
A lot
The psychological weight of living under occupation; the philosophical question of what is real; some scenes of Nazi ideology that may disturb
What this book is about
It is 1962. The United States has been divided between Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan following an Axis victory in World War II. In California's Japanese-occupied Pacific States, various characters navigate life under occupation: an antique dealer, his ex-wife, a Japanese trade official, and a neo-Nazi assassin. At the center is a forbidden novel called The Grasshopper Lies Heavy, which imagines the Allied victory that didn't happen. Dick's Hugo Award winner is a meditation on reality, authenticity, and the stories we tell to survive.
Notes for sensitive readers
Reader-flagged moments and themes that may affect your experience.
Nazi occupation as the setting throughout
Psychological complexity about alternate history and identity
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